Devon Dumplings v W Buckland School

Wednesday 19 June 2019 at W Buckland

DD 123 ao School 124-5

 Due to inclement weather lunch was taken early and play started at 1 o’clock in a timed game. Dumplings batted first and lost both openers cheaply to Tom Whitely, until Steve Waters and Mark Gribble steadied the ship with some solid batting which took the score to 40 when Waters was adjudged LBW for 15 and so Gribble continued to dominate the bowling until he was stumped by Issac Windley off James Tyson for 41, with the score on 75. Dumplings then lost 3 quick wickets to Ned Colvill with the score on 84 and then Stephen White and Bernie Wilson battled on to take the score past 100 when White was out and that brought back Owen Walton who took the score to 123 before the innings ended when he was bowled by Whitely for 12. The school bowled and fielded very well in fairly difficult conditions with Whitely being the pick with 3 for 20 runs off 9 overs. 
So the Dumplings had a small total to defend and opened with Ollie Manning, pace and spin from Mark Gribble on a drying wicket, which certainly kept the openers fairly quiet until Gribble used his experience and bowled them both with the score at 44.This brought in Issac Windley & James Tyson, the schools best batsmen and they took the score to 66 when Tyson was bowled by Gribble for 11 then Sasha Chunilal-Moberly and Windley continued batting well as the outfield speeded up and so runs started to become easier to come by, until Paul Berman, with his leftarm spin slowed the run rate down and deservedly took the wicket of Ed Broggio for 2, only after Windley had retired, having made a very good 50 with some strong driving. Meanwhile Chunilal-Moberly played a big part in helping the school over the line before he was well caught and bowled by Eric Bridge for 28. Devon Dumplings 123 all out (M.Gribble 41, T. Whitely 3 for 20, Ned Colville 3 for 8) West Buckland School 124 for 5 wickets (I. Windley 51 retired, Sasha Chunilal-Moberly 28, M. Gribble 3 for 29)